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Who has an interest in your property?

On 17th June 2016 the Court of Appeal handed down a judgment in the case of Mortgage Express v Lambert which concerned a dispute between a mortgagee that was seeking...

July 7, 2016
Blog

Landlords beware – all change to section 21 notices

The Deregulation Act 2015 has been in force since October 2015, so why should landlords only take heed of it now? Because the Act only applied to tenancies granted after...

March 17, 2016
Blog
  • property-disputes

Letting Agents now obliged to notify landlords and tenants of charges

With the housing crisis continuing to grow competition between tenants to secure a rental property is higher than ever pushing rents up. Letting Agents are keen to cash in on…

November 5, 2015
Blog

Evicting inconsiderate tenants

I read with amusement a feature in the Metro about a landlord’s notice to his inconsiderate tenants which included the following ‘rules’: 3. No yodelling at any time 4. Do not…

October 30, 2015
Opinion

Retaliatory Evictions: a reassuring change in the law for tenants

“But if I complain, the landlord will just kick me out”: I have lost count of the number of times a client has informed me of disrepair at their home…

August 27, 2015
Blog

The Croydon Private Property Rented License Scheme

As part of a bid to tackle rogue landlords, Croydon Council has pushed forward with a scheme to designate the borough a Private Rented Property License Area. This means that…

August 18, 2015
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